1. WARM UP – FEBRUARY 6
Grab the Guided Notes and handouts from the front table and answer the following review questions:
1. Hinduism is the _____ largest religion in the world with _________ million followers
2. What is the Caste System? Who is in each caste? Who is below the Caste System?
3. What is karma and how is it related to reincarnation?

2. Buddhism

3. Setting the Stage Fourth Largest Religion in the World
488 Million Followers
7 % of the Population
Single Founder – The Buddha
No Single Text

4. BUDDHISM Founded on the beliefs of the Buddha
Buddha’s birth name was Siddhartha Gautama
Siddhartha was born into a noble family in Nepal
Born as a Hindu

5. THE STORY OF THE SIDDHARTHA
As a child, Siddhartha exhibited the marks of being a great man
A prophecy indicated that if the child stayed at home he was destined to become a world leader
If the child left home he would become a universal spiritual leader

6. THE STORY OF THE BUDDHA
Siddhartha’s father wished him to be a king and world leader
Isolated the child at home

7. SIDDHARTHA LEAVES HOME
At age 29, Siddhartha ventured outside 4 times
He saw:
An old man
A sick man
A corpse
A wandering holy man who seemed at peace with himself

8. He saw each of these events to mean the following:
Every living thing experiences old age
Sickness
Death
Only a religious life offers refuge from the inevitable suffering of old age, sickness, and death

9. Siddhartha decided to spend his life searching for religious truth and an end to life’s suffering ---- he decided to leave the palace

10. SIDDHARTHA SEEKS ENLIGHTENMENT
Wandered forests seeking Enlightenment –
Enlightenment = wisdom
After 49 days of mediation, he achieved an understanding of the cause of suffering
He then became known as the Buddha
“THE ENLIGHTENED ONE”

11. FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS 1 – Life is filled with suffering and sorrow
2 – The cause of all suffering is people’s selfish desire for the temporary pleasures of this world

12. 3 – The way to end all suffering is to end all desires
4 – The way to overcome such desires and attain enlightenment is to follow the Eightfold Path, which he called the Middle Way between desires and self-denial.

13. By following the Eightfold path – anyone could reach Nirvana
Nirvana – release from pain and suffering and a break from the chain of reincarnation

14. RESULT Accepted the idea of reincarnation
Rejected many of the Hindu Gods
Rejected the Caste System